Ron Artest Shuts Down Kobe. Kings beat the Lakers 114-98.

Kobe had one of his best shooting nights in the last 4 games. 12 of 28, that's a wopping 42%. That's much better than the 27% he put up against the Sonics, 38% against the Spurs and 36% against the Hornets. What happened Kobe? Has your offense been shot down? Kobe looked a bit scared with Ron Artest in his face. That's right, Kobe can only score 81 on defenseless teams like the Raptors. On the other hand, Ron Artest had only 2 points less on 8 of 15 shooting.

Finally, like I was saying in my last post, Kobe seems to only make his teammaters better when he's doing badly. Check out Lamar's numbers - 9 of 12 for 24 points last night!